Spanish spokesperson Pilar Alegría said the resolution proposed to recognize Edmundo González as president-elect in Venezuela is a “non-legislative proposal” and, therefore, is not binding on the decisions of Pedro Sánchez’s government. She said that her position “has been clear from the first moment” and that it is in line with the European Union.
The Spanish government has accused the Popular Party of merely seeking to “divide” with a proposal to recognise Edmundo González Urrutia as the elected president of Venezuela.
“The motion for a non-legislative has a clear objective: to divide, disregarding the position that all European countries are maintaining. And, furthermore, it borders on absolute irresponsibility and cynicism,” said the spokesperson minister, Pilar Alegría.
This Tuesday the Congress of Deputies debated the resolution at the request of the Popular Party and with the consent of Vox, the PNV, UPN and Coalición Canaria.
Pilar Alegría on the PP’s proposal to recognise Edmundo González as president of Venezuela: “It has a clear objective, to divide, disregarding the position of all European countries. It borders on absolute irresponsibility and cynicism”
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The spokesperson pointed out that this is a “non-legislative proposal” and, therefore, is not binding on the decisions of the Sánchez Government. She said that her position “has been clear from the first moment” and that it is in line with the European Union. “Firstly, to maintain a unanimous position together with the twenty-seven EU countries in requesting maximum transparency, the minutes of all the tables. This is what we have been advocating since July 29.”
The PP initiative was registered before the departure of Edmundo González, who denounced “coercion” to accept the proposal to go to Spain.
Members of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, as well as representatives of Podemos, have called the Venezuelan opposition “coup-mongers” and “far-right.” The PSOE proposed an amendment deleting the part in which Congress urges the Government to “recognize Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the presidential elections of July 28, 2024 in Venezuela and, therefore, as the elected and legitimate president of Venezuela,” and replacing it with “Continue working for democracy, for respect for the will of the Venezuelan people expressed at the polls on July 28, and for the fundamental freedoms of the opposition in Venezuela.”
They also requested express recognition of the role played by former Spanish President Jorge Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as a “mediator” in “enabling the release of political prisoners and building bridges between the government and the opposition and urging the government to facilitate it.”
While the debate was taking place, hundreds of Venezuelans gathered in the Plaza de las Cortes to demand the recognition of González Urrutia. Carolina, one of the diplomat’s daughters, participated in the protest, reading a message sent by her father to the Venezuelans, in which he ratified his commitment to continue fighting “until the end” with Maria Corina Machado.
With information from The Debate
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